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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Morgan Hill, California's Epoch pursue progressive metal with the structural ambition the name implies, building music designed to mark distinct artistic eras rather than tread familiar ground. Active since 2020, they're carving out a distinctive voice in the Bay Area-adjacent prog scene.
Phoenix's Epyon blend progressive composition with thrash metal's aggression, a combination well-suited to Arizona's sprawling, sun-scorched landscape. Active since 2011, they represent the thoughtful side of the desert Southwest's heavy music output.
Progressive metal project from Arbre, Belgium, building intricate, ambitious compositions since 2012. Their approach to progressive metal emphasizes compositional complexity and dynamic range within a heavy framework.
Heavy metal, power metal, and progressive metal band from Villeurbanne near Lyon, France, launched in 2025. They deliver a multi-faceted metal sound from the greater Lyon area.
Power metal and progressive metal band from Pula in Istria, Croatia active since 2010. They deliver epic, technically ambitious metal from the ancient Roman city.
Pittsburgh's Equipoise stand at the sharpest edge of technical/progressive death metal, weaving contrapuntal guitar work and shifting time signatures into compositions of genuine compositional depth. Their 2019 debut established them as one of the most intellectually demanding acts in the genre.
New Jersey progressive death metal newcomers formed in 2023, Equivocator build dense, shifting arrangements from Middletown that betray a sophisticated approach to song architecture well beyond their short existence.
Progressive metal and thrash band from Dublin, Ireland active since 2007. They blend technical progressive complexity with thrash aggression from the Irish capital.
Progressive metal and rock act from Cheb in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, blending technical complexity with melodic accessibility. Their approach bridges the cerebral depth of progressive metal with the broader appeal of progressive rock.
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